Combination shade and curtain holder



Jan. 26 ,1926. 1,570,747

R. JEWETT COMBINATION SHADE AND CURTAIN HOLDER Filed Sept. 4, 1924 Patented Jan. 26, 1926.

UNITED STATE-S RALPH JEWETT, OF ELMORA, PENNSYLVANIA. i

COMBINATION SHADE AND CURTAIN HOLDER.

p Application led September 4, 1924. Serial No. 735,731.

To all whom it may concern.' j

Be it known that I, RALPH JEWETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elmora, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Shade and Curtain Holders, of which the following is a specification.-

This invention relates to improvements in combination drapery bracket and curtain or shade holder, and it is the principal object of the invention to provide a holder'which can be readily attached to any size of window frame and removed therefrom without the assistance of skilled help or the use of special tools.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character which is simple in construction and consequently inexpensive, and which allows a positive and lfirm attachment'to a window or similar frame.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a drapery bracket adapted to be readily and conveniently removed from its holder for exchange or for convenient re-draping without the necessity of disturb ing the other parts of the device.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will become more fully known as the description thereof proceeds, and will then be specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a. material part of this disclosure Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a combined drapery hanger and 'curtain or shade holder, constructed in accordance with the present invention, above a window.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof, partly in section.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3--3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2 of a modified form of the device.

As shown in the drawing, the device comprises a pair of platesv 10, each having upper and lower angular, perforated exten-V sions 11 and 12, said plates having smooth inner faces to engage the outer surface of the window frame or the like.

The upper ends of the outer edges of the plates have laterally extending enlargements 13, the outer ends of which are angularly bent to form arms 14 adapted to engage in the hollow arms 15 of a drapery bracket 16 which is 'exchangeably land removably held thereby to the plates, as will be clearly understood from an inspection of the drawing, particularly Figure 1.

Through the upper perforations 17 of the plates 10, extend the 'angularly bent upper arms of substantially Z-shaped brackets 18 and the hooked outer ends of said arms are shaped to enter into the material of the window frame as indicated at 19. v.

VIn a similar manner, the angularly bent lower arms of substantially Z-shaped brackets 20 extend through perforations 21 at the lower ends of the plates 10 and their outer hooked ends are adapted toenter the material of the window frame as indicated at 22. brackets, at their inner ends, are normally `spaced from each other and drawn together by means of adjusting screws 23 carrying securing nuts 24.

It will be clear that, in this manner, an adjustment of the bracket within certain limits to the' size and width of the window frame, is provided.

Near their lower ends,the outer edges of the plates y10 carry the well known supporting brackets 25 andv 26, one of which is perforated as at 27 for the reception of the pintle at the end of a shade or curtain roller, while the other has the customary open and curved slot 28 for the guidance of the pintle at the opposite end of the shade roller.

In the modified form, illustrated in Figure 4, the plates 10 have an upper curved part 29 adapted to fit over a cornice 30 of the window frame, and the upper Z-plates 31 are similarly shaped, while in other re* spects the device is constructed in the iden- The parallel bars of the Z-shaped' tical manner disclosed in the preferred form of the device.

Changes may be made in the general arrangement, and in the specific construction of its minor details, such as fall Within the adapted to be engaged by the hollow ends of a drapery holder, substantially Z-shaped brackets for attaching said plate to varying widths of window frames, means for clamping the brackets in their adjusted positions, and means for carrying a curtain roller.

A combination drapery and curtain bracket comprising a plate having, upper and lower perforated extensions, pairs of substantially Z-sliaped brackets adapted to be passed through the perforations in said plate-extensions, said brackets having spurs at their outer ends, means for embedding the spurs in the material of a window trame, means for allowing a limited adjustment or said brackets to suit the respective widths of the window frames, and means 'for carrying a curtain roller.

3. Combination drapery and shade holders, comprising a pair oIn plates having inner faces to Contact with the outer surface ci' a window frame, substantially Z-shaped brackets having outer ends to pass through said plates, hooks at said outer ends adapted to be embedded into the material of the window fra-mes, parallel bars at the inner ends ol" said brackets perforated, adjusting bolts engaging said bars and allowing a limited adjustment of the brackets to suit a RALPH JEWETT. 

